Post Doctoral Fellow

Department: UH Level Core Facilities ULCF

Salary: Minimum $ 49,400.00 Middle $ 63,000.00

Possesses, understands, and applies a comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization. Develops understanding and skills to allow for completion of assignments that cross fields of specialization. Develops leadership and management skills.

1. Receives/Reviews progress and evaluates results of experiments or projects under control or supervisory responsibility.
2. Recommends changes in research, testing or experimental procedures.
3. May be responsible for a single highly technical and complex piece of research equipment.
4. May review and evaluate the effectiveness of personnel.
5. May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control.
6. Operates with latitude for unreviewed action.
7. May receive general supervision conferring with higher levels only in unusual situations.
8. Performs other job-related duties as required.

MQ: Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job-related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. No experience is required.

Additional Job Posting Information:

The Digital Humanities Core (DHC) facility is a partnership between the Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Data Science Institute (HPE-DSI) and University of Houston (UH) Libraries. The DHC incorporates technological infrastructure, research tools, instructional programming, and interdisciplinary expertise to a centralized resource that facilitates high-capacity production and publishing of digital humanities (DH) research at UH. The DHC engages and credentials diverse communities of scholars in the design and production of high-impact digital research and pedagogy. It supports internally and externally funded DH projects as well as individuals and teams in the process of seeking funding. The Digital Humanities Post Doctoral fellow coordinates and supports the implementation, scaling, and evolution of the DHC’s Micro-credentialing in the Digital Humanities program.

This program encompasses a scaffolded set of training experiences that guides cohorts of UH faculty, students, and staff through sets of core competencies aimed at producing high-quality DH projects, moving from ideation to project and process design, to funding and larger-scale project management, while integrating technologies and fostering self-confidence and autonomous production. The position also facilitates technology adoption in coursework and scholarship within academic departments and programs with a consideration toward the ongoing needs for storing, accessing, computing, and analyzing large data sets in various disciplines.

Applicants from any humanistic or technological discipline with the PhD in hand by June 30, 2026 are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to candidates who have received a PhD within the last seven years.

Experience:

Experience in the cultivation and support of interdisciplinary research that integrates scholarly study with creative practice and articulation. Demonstrated research interests in the area of
digital humanities methodologies such as interdisciplinary studies, interactive media, textual encoding and analysis, or digital textuality.

Preferred:
Demonstrated information technology experience in applications, infrastructure, and development including coding languages specific to the digital humanities (Python, R, SQL)

Application Materials should include:
• Cover letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research Statement (maximum two pages, single-spaced)
• Two letters of recommendation

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The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.